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Andrei Sakharov was a world-renowned nuclear physicist, the chief developer of the Soviet hydrogen bomb. Initially convinced that a balance of atomic weapons of the two world powers could guarantee peace and security, he replaced the atomic balance in this peace formula by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discovered that in his country the factor he now considered as a crucial one was no more than a springboard by means of which the equation could not be derived in this way.
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More than 1,700 prisoners will be amnestied
About 1,723 prisoners fall under the amnesty, and 67 of them are entitled to immediate release. Accordingly, nearly 1,650 people can benefit from parole or reduced sentences. More than 1,700 ...
Today in Berlin demo for MEMORIAL
Today on November 17th at 17.00 in Berlin in front of the Russian embassy Demo for MEMORIAL! ...
The European Convention on Human Rights – how does it work?
The human rights convention protects the rights of more than 830 million people in Europe. All 47 Council of Europe member countries have signed up to the European Convention on ...
UN Committee recommends Ukraine to protect journalists and Armenia not to oppress protesters
The UN Human Rights Committee has published its findings on Armenia, Germany and Ukraine. Its members, among other things, recommended that Germany limit the surveillance of citizens, they called on ...
Russia: The General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia demands the liquidation of International Memorial
The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia demands the liquidation of International Memorial The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia has appealed to the Supreme Court to liquidate International Memorial (the organisation ...
Russia: Former head of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa is sent to pre-trial detention facility for two months
Former head of Navalny's headquarters in Ufa is sent to pre-trial detention facility for two months On 10 November, Lilia Chanysheva, the former head of Alexey Navalny's headquarters in Ufa, ...
Russia: Dozhd TV channel released a film about the abuse of Alexei Navalny in the penal colony
Dozhd TV channel released a film about the abuse of Alexey Navalny in the penal colony Konstantin Goldenzweig produced a large report entitled "Tortures for Navalny: who he is surrounded ...
Ukraine: The court took into custody the ex-head of the Donetsk prison “Izolyatsia”
The court took into custody the ex-head of the Donetsk prison Izolyatsia The Primorsky court of Mariupol has taken into custody Denys Kulikovskiy, who was detained on suspicion of torturing ...